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Senegalese soldierS the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) dismount an armoured personnel carrier, patrolling in the streets of Gao, on July 24, 2019, a day after suicide bombers in a vehicle painted with UN markings injured one French, several Estonian troops and two Malian civilians in an attack on an international peace-keeping base in Mali. - Malian authorities have struggled to improve security since France intervened in 2013 to drive back Islamic insurgents in the north. Around 4,000 French troops are deployed under Operation Barkhane alongside the MINUSMA peacekeeping force of around 15,000 soldiers and police. (Photo by Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP) (Photo credit should read SOULEYMANE AG ANARA/AFP via Getty Images)